Originally posted in 2008, during my Year of Slow Cooking, these barbecue beef sandwiches are spicy (if you use the jalapenos) and tangy and a touch sweet ALL AT THE SAME TIME!:-)Make these whenever you don't know what to make for dinner -- trust me, they will become a new family favorite!

Day 265!

Only 100 days to go. Except for that it's leap year.

Becky from Michigan emailed me her Cowboy Beef n Bean recipe to try. We really enjoyed it! She serves her shredded meat on hamburger buns or sandwich rolls, but I put ours on some lightly salted rice cakes. The meat is tender and juicy, and tastes great over rice the next day.

This is super easy---you probably already have all the ingredients in the house already!

All I did was run the meat under hot water to separate it from the plastic bag. I plopped it into the crockpot, and turned it on low to begin to warm while I cut the onion and garlic. After I added them, I poured the contents of the bean can over the meat. Although Becky didn't, I added about 2 tablespoons of water to the bean can and squished it around with a fork to get the remaining beans and bbq slime.

Add barbecue sauce.

Cover and cook on low for 8 - 12 hours, or until meat shreds easily with a fork. I plugged our meat in at 5 am (I know. I was up early.) and we ate it 12 hours later.

We all really liked this meal. The kids ate their meat right off the plate with a fork, and Adam and I did the rice cakes. I loved the sliced jalapenos on top---there was a perfect mix of spicy tang and sweetness from the barbecue sauce. The meat was very tender and fell apart, just as I like it.

You don't realize what impeccable timing you have Stephanie. We're having BBQ sammies this week anyway and this would be a cool twist. Plus I've gotten to where I eat jalapenos on just about anything now.

I have a request for you... could you tackle a crock pot homemade cream of chicken soup??? I've got several qt bags of your crm of mush soup in the freezer- ready and waiting for winter casserole use.. and would love to do the same w/crm of chicken. esp now w/the cost of food, and the fact that homemade version would have to be much healthier... THANKS!!!

So this looked really good, but I didn't have the baked beans so, I did a little alterations... I used the same roast, garlic, and onion, but added 1 cup of our fav BBQ sauce, 1/2 cup water, and a can of light kidney beans... Smells wonderful, we'll see how it works out!!! Thanks so much for the ideas!!! Love your site and I have your book...